Table of Contents

The Navy Apprentice System, 1837-1875
By Ron Field

The Beginning: The Confederate Naval Academy
By R. Thomas Campbell

USS Choctaw: “Well Adapted to the River Service”
By David A. Welker

Hiram Paulding: Part I. Destruction of Gosport
Navy Yard
By James W. Milgram

Naval Illustrators: Robert Fulton Weir: Sailor-‘Artist’ for Harper’s
By Gary McQuarrie

Modelers Aboard: USS Choctaw: River Gunboat Leviathan
By William Hathaway

From the Naval Archives: Flags of the Ironclad Steamer Monitor
By Earl Sheck

From the Naval Archives: Corporal Samuel Blundin, USMC: “Special Discharge” for Illegal Enlistment
By Tom Dunne

Arlington Cemetery Roll of Honor: Night Raid
By Jim Quinlan

MI: Two Retirees Return to Duty
By Ronald S. Coddington

Volume 7 Index